SagharBagheriMD

Ophthalmology • Boston, MA

Retinal Disease

Resident Representative, American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma (ASOT)

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Office
243 Charles St
Boston, MA 02114

Education & Training

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Ophthalmology, 2021 - 2025
Newton-Wellesley HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 2020 - 2021
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, HarvardFellowship, 2016 - 2020
Johns Hopkins HospitalFellowship, 2015 - 2016
Univ Dusseldorf- Med AcadClass of 2014

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2020 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

AMD Breakthrough Award 2020 $300,000
AMD Breakthrough Award 2022 $150,000

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

49 citations
Advances in Age-related Macular Degeneration Understanding and Therapy.
Joan W. Miller, Saghar Bagheri, Demetrios G. Vavvas
US Ophthalmic Review. 2017-01-01
11 citations
Percentage of Foveal vs Total Macular Geographic Atrophy as a Predictor of Visual Acuity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Saghar Bagheri, Inês Laíns, Rebecca F Silverman, Ivana K. Kim, Dean Eliott
Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases. 2019-08-22
36 citations
Specific Alleles of CLN7/MFSD8, a Protein That Localizes to Photoreceptor Synaptic Terminals, Cause a Spectrum of Nonsyndromic Retinal Dystrophy.
Kamron N. Khan, Mohammed E El-Asrag, Cristy A. Ku, Ge Holder, Martin McKibbin
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2017-06-01

Press Mentions

Interview with the French Journal of OphthalmologyDecember 26th, 2020
Interview with the Macular Degeneration FoundationDecember 26th, 2020
List of nation‘s top vision scientistsDecember 26th, 2020
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Grant Support

AMD Breakthrough Award $150,000Foundation2022–2024
AMD Breakthrough Award $300,000Foundation2020–2022
German Research Foundation (DFG) ScholarshipGerman Research Foundation (DFG)Present

Committees

Resident Representative, Executive Committee, American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma (ASOT) 2021 - Present
Class Representative, Wellness Committee, Harvard Ophthalmology Residency Program 2021 - Present

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Ophthalmology - AAO
Member
ARVO
Member
NEOS
Member
Women in Ophthalmology
Member

Other Languages

German, Farsi, French

External Links

Harvard Catalyst Profilehttps://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/153286
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CI84KJwAAAAJ&hl=en
ScEYEnce Top Vision Scientistshttps://sceyence.org/top-scientists/